The 2008 Evans football team, which went 5-5 under coach Greg Thompson, takes the field prior to a home game against Timber Creek. Thompson is back for 2015 as the Trojans interim head coach. (Jacob Langston/Orlando Sentinel)

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The Evans football team, which went 5-5 under coach Greg Thompson, takes the field prior to a home game against Timber Creek on October 27, 2008. Thompson is back as the Trojans interim head coach. (Jacob Langston/Orlando Sentinel)

The Evans football team, which went 5-5 under coach Greg Thompson, takes the field prior to a home game against Timber Creek on October 27, 2008. Thompson is back as the Trojans interim head coach. (Jacob Langston/Orlando Sentinel)

(Jacob Langston / Orlando Sentinel)

Greg Thompson is hoping to make the best of a tough situation at Evans High School this fall.

The successful track and field coach at Evans returned from a trip abroad this week and stepped into an interim head coaching role with the football team following the abrupt resignation of Richard Turner.

Thompson, who went 12-18 in three seasons as the Trojans head coach from 2007-09, said Thursday he’s...

Keith Rivers hugs his position coach at Lake Mary High School, Willie Pauldo, after being taken in the first round by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2008 NFL Draft. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, Orlando Sentinel)

Keith Rivers hugs his position coach at Lake Mary High School, Willie Pauldo, after being taken in the first round by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2008 NFL Draft. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, Orlando Sentinel)

Keith Rivers hugs his position coach at Lake Mary High School, Willie Pauldo, after being taken in the first round by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2008 NFL Draft. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda, Orlando Sentinel)

Former Lake Mary High linebacker Keith Rivers is retiring from the NFL.

Rivers, 29, played for three teams during his seven-year career after being selected ninth overall by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 2008 draft.

He also played for the New York Giants and Buffalo Bills. Rivers had signed with the Dallas Cowboys but was placed on the reserved/retired list Thursday.

Bud O'Hara finally got to realize a coaching dream Saturday (April 30), as two former players, Chimdi Chekwa and Greg Lloyd, were drafted into the NFL. He's been coaching 40 years, is heading into his 10th season at East Ridge, and Chekwa and Lloyd are his first two draft picks.

Bud O'Hara finally got to realize a coaching dream Saturday (April 30), as two former players, Chimdi Chekwa and Greg Lloyd, were drafted into the NFL. He's been coaching 40 years, is heading into his 10th season at East Ridge, and Chekwa and Lloyd are his first two draft picks. (CHRIS HAYS/ORLANDO SENTINEL)

Second-year Lake Highland Prep football coach Cameron Duke proudly announced on Wednesday that he has added his accomplished high school mentor to the Highlanders’ staff.

Bud O’Hara, who compiled 254 victories in a 35-year head coaching career that included five seasons at Leesburg and 11 at Clermont East Ridge, is a new assistant for LHP.